The First Hispanic Navy Cross Recipient Was a Corpsman at Peleliu He swears he didn't do it alone, but corpsman Eleuterio “Joe” Marquez kept his Marines alive through the night at Peleliu.
The Story Behind the True Events that Inspired 'Kelly's Heroes' "Kelly's Heroes" is a 1970 film about a group of ne'er-do-wells who try to get a cache of stolen Nazi gold for themselves.
How a Live Coyote Became an Army Air Forces Mascot In World War II England Bill Crump found a coyote pup while in flight school and then he took it to war during World War II.
How Tabasco Sauce Fought in Every American Conflict Since World War II The U.S. military's history with tabasco sauces dates back to the Civil War.
Wounded in WWII, Bob Dole Fought for Those with Disabilities Bob Dole, who went on to a lengthy career as a U.S. senator after he was wounded during World War II, died on Dec. 5, 2021...
During WWII, Family Dogs Went to Serve in the War During World War II, dogs were accepted into military ranks through a coalition known as Dogs for Defense Inc.
A Black Soldier Received the Medal of Honor More Than 50 Years After Calling Artillery on His Own Position John Fox's widow received his Medal of Honor in 1997, more than a half-century after he died while fighting the Germans in a...
'Tenacious Fighting Women' Held Off the Nazi Attack on Stalingrad for Two Days The fighting women of Stalingrad that held off the Germans' attack for two days had just graduated from high school.
5 Historical Reasons for Bad Blood Between Russia and Ukraine After looking at the relatively recent history between Russia and Ukraine, you start to understand the tensions.
5 Reasons Why Geography Is America's Greatest Weapon Against an Invasion Even considering American military technology, geography is still the United States' first line of defense.
Bribery Prosecution of 4-Star Admiral Opens Window into Navy Cultural Issues, Defendants Say The new ongoing corruption prosecution, which is much more limited in scale and largely rests on a single, problematic...
Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine Decides Not to Keep Senior Enlisted Adviser, Breaking with Past Precedent Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Troy Black will depart the post and retire from military service after the newly confirmed Joint...
Governors 'Alarmed' by Looming Transfer of Air National Guard Units to Space Force A bipartisan group representing all U.S. governors is sounding the alarm about a looming move to transition Air National...
As Controversies Pile Up, Trump Allies Increasingly Turn on One Another The latest turmoil threatens to engulf the Pentagon, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed out top advisers and...
New Army Fitness Test: No More Ball Yeet, Higher Standards for Combat Arms Among the most notable adjustments, which will likely be met with glee across the ranks, is the removal of the Standing Power...